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American Women's History: Immigrant Women

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource page with links to information about immigrant women.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame

For Students 9th - 10th
Women and men stood along side each other to form the United States. Use this resource to learn about different influential women in U.S. history.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: The Path to Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Students analyze maps and primary documents and share stories of the Westward Expansion relating to gaining women's suffrage.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Red Power Prevails: The Activism, Spirit, & Resistance of Native American Women

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the contributions of Native American women in the formation and activism of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and Women of All Red Nations (WARN)
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Pocahontas

For Students 9th - 10th
Among the most famous women in early American history, Pocahontas is credited with helping the struggling English settlers survive.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Harriet Tubman

For Students 9th - 10th
View this engaging online exhibit to learn about Harriet Tubman, an outspoken advocate for African American and women's rights.
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National Women's History Museum: Ida B. Wells Barnett

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a prominent journalist, suffragist, activist, and researcher used her skills as a journalist to shed light on the conditions of African Americans throughout the South.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: National Women's History Museum: Parading for Progress

For Students 9th - 10th
The 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession through Washington, DC completely changed the way protests were viewed and carried out by the American public.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Pocahontas

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners will learn about Pocahontas' life and explore the relationship between legend and history when it comes to the infamous incident in which John Smith claimed she saved him.
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National Park Service: Women's History Month

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights historic properties listed in the National Register, National Register publications, and National Park units which commemorate the events and people, the designs and achievements that help illustrate the contribution...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: American Women and World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
During World War II American women took news jobs in the military and defense industry.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Immigrant Women and the American Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the ways that immigrant women have transformed America socially, politically, and economically.
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Black History From a to Z

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students will enjoy exploring this colorful site during Black History Month, or any other month! Follow the timeline of famous African American women and inventors, or just click on a letter of the alphabet to find brief pieces of...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: African American Activists

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Ida B Wells, Rosa Parks, and Fannie Lou Hammer, all female African American activists who fought for justice and equality.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Inventive Women Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn about female inventors and their contributions to American technology.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Women in American History

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc. you can follow brave-hearted women through a timeline of unbelievable "Herstory." Impressive site tracks the unsinkable American woman from Early American adventurers like Sacagawea and...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Tween Tribune: National Women's History Museum

For Students 5th - 6th
Does the nation need a National Women's History Museum? Advocates argue that the nation needs to better document, collect and celebrate evidence of the achievements and history of women. After all, nearly 51 percent of the American...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Margaret Cochran Corbin

For Students 9th - 10th
A hero of the American Revolution, Margaret Cochran Corbin was the first woman to receive a military pension.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Shirley Chisholm

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of Shirley Chisholm who in 1968 became the first African American woman to serve in Congress.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Girls Changing History Alice Coachman

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical view of Alice Coachman who was the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal, in 1948.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Nellie Bly

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical document about Nellie Bly, a pioneer for women in journalism in the late 1800's.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Alice Paul

For Students 9th - 10th
A vocal leader of the 20th-century women's suffrage movement, Alice Paul advocated for and helped secure passage of the 19th Amendment.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Betsy Ross

For Students 9th - 10th
Considered essential to the American Revolution, Betsy Ross is credited with sewing the first United States flag
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the first African American woman to publish a short story and also an influential abolitionist, suffragist, and reformer.

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